No, it's okay. The place she was at is a landship-- basically just a gigantic ship, but it travels over uh, land, and not the ocean. The company's called Rhodes Islands. Pharmaceuticals, and basically their whole thing is helping people and trying to treat people with Oripathy. They're actually legit, from what I've seen. If they weren't, I would have just kidnapped Iffy from there ages ago.
... but the reason she's like that is because of a lab. She actually ended up completely destroying it. We found her in the rubble.
Sort of, it's... Basically, I don't have Oripathy. My specific issue is that if I get it, it'll kill me in weeks.
[ she points at her ears. ]
I'm an elf, as you can see. But where I'm from, we're as close to extinct as you can get, and it's because we're so weak to Oripathy. It killed my family. I haven't ever even been in the same room as Iffy with my real body, since that might kill me.
[she seems a little surprised to hear the word elf, if only because half the people she's talked to have been like yeah! elves, those are things i have, or it's more like what do you mean elf like santa's elves or
but it gives her some context, so she nods.]
Makes a load of sense. I wouldn't stick around if that were the case for me, either. [...] I'm sorry about your family. That's got to be lonely, being one of the last.
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Didn't think you would! Just a fact. But thanks.
Nice to meet you face to face.
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Same to you. [ ... ] You'd probably like Iffy a lot, but it's obviously good you didn't get to meet her.
[ IFFY IS ANOTHER YOUTH... ]
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That the girl that was on fire? [...] I don't understand all that, what - there was a lab? Was she being held for something?
[america explain but also:]
Guess you don't really have to tell me, since that was private and all, but.
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... but the reason she's like that is because of a lab. She actually ended up completely destroying it. We found her in the rubble.
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Good. They probably deserved it.
[she doesn't know anything about the lab but listen she is going to be on the little girl's side, for better or for worse.]
Oripathy? Is that what she's got? [a beat.] Is that what you've got? With the bubbles.
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Basically, I don't have Oripathy. My specific issue is that if I get it, it'll kill me in weeks.
[ she points at her ears. ]
I'm an elf, as you can see. But where I'm from, we're as close to extinct as you can get, and it's because we're so weak to Oripathy. It killed my family. I haven't ever even been in the same room as Iffy with my real body, since that might kill me.
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but it gives her some context, so she nods.]
Makes a load of sense. I wouldn't stick around if that were the case for me, either. [...] I'm sorry about your family. That's got to be lonely, being one of the last.
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You get used to it! Plus, there's plenty of other people around me, so it's not really like being alone.
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[but saying that doesn't help, so.]
Are you stuck with this cult forever? I know Fam said he agreed to join, but.
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[ she pauses. ]
... although now I realize the problem of not wanting them to reach the goal and that exit strategy...
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Little hiccup in the plan, yeah. I appreciate the fact that you didn't immediately change your mind about sacrificing us all the second you realized?
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[ ... ]
Well, not to the cult, I suppose... hm... I guess that is still disloyalty...
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[ she covers her own mouth with her hand. ]
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Anyway. [a beat.] Thanks for trusting me with your face, even if it was just because of the memory bullshit.
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[ and also hiding from the cult, or whatever, the other thing is more important ]